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E. S. LIDMILA.

HORSE DE'TACHER. APPLICATION man FEB. 6. 1918.

1,321,763. Patented N (W. 11, 1919.

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HORSE-DETACHER.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

Application filed February 6, 1918. Serial No. 215,658.

To all whom it may concern:

-lie it known that I, EDWARD S. LIDMILA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wisner, in the county of Cuming and State of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Detachers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a horse detacher for a barn and the like, andhas for its object the production of a simple and ellicient means forautomatically releasing the horses from the mangers should the barnbecome accidentally caught on fire.

1V ith these and other objects in view this invention consists ofcertain novel construetions, Combinations, and arrangements of parts aswill be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of the horse releasingmeans,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the horse releasing means, 3

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of two of the manger showing the horsereleasing or attaching means secured thereto,

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the supporting means for one endof the operating rod for the releasing means, and

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the section shown in Fig. 4.

By referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the barn and door and alsothe mangers are shown in dotted lines for the purpose of illustratingthe location of the several parts of the devices which comprise thepresent invention. A suitable door opening mechanism indicated ingeneral by the numeral 8 may be employed in connection with the presentdevice and connected to the cord 14;, but since this door openingmechanism does not form part of the present invention, it is not thoughtnecessary to go into the detail construction thereof.

A plurality of supporting pulleys 15 are carried within the barn and thecord 14. is adapted to pass over these pulleys to the respective horsereleasing and attaching means carried by the mangers 16. This structureis clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

A casing 17 is secured to one side of each of the manger 16 and thiscasing 17 carries a spring pressed plunger 18 upon which plunger ismounted a spring 19, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. This casing 17 carriesan overhanging finger 20, which overhanging finger extends over theupper end of the spring pressed plunger 18, and this spring pressedplunger 18 is adapted to abut against the under face of the overhangingfinger 20 as shown in Fig. 2 for the purpose ofretaining the connectinglink 21 of the connecting chain 22 in engagement with the overhangingfinger 20, in this way preventing the accidental release of the link 21from the finger 20. A releasing finger 23 is pivotally mounted withinthe casing 17 and this finger 23 is adapted to engage the link 21 andforc the same from the finger 20 after the plunger 18 has been drawndownwardly. The finger 23 is provided with a laterally projecting lowerend 24 having a slot 25 formed therein, within which slot 25 rests thelaterally extending pin 26 carried by the spring pressed plunger 18. Byconsidering Fig. 2 it will be seen that as the plunger 18 is moveddownwardly the finger 23 will be swung forwardly toward the outer end ofthe finger 20 thereby causing the link 21 to be shoved from the finger23. This finger 23 of course, fits snugly in engagement with one side ofthe finger 20 so as to efilciently engage the link 21 for the purpose ofremoving or re leasing the same from the finger 20.

An operating bell crank lever 27 is pivotally supported upon the bottomof each of the mangers 16 and the outer end of each bell crank lever 27is provided with an elongated slot 28, through which slot 28 extends aconnecting pin 29 carried by the plunger 18. Each bell crank lever 27 isprovided with a depending end 30 and the depending ends 30 of the bellcrank levers 27 are pivotally connected to the main operating bar 31which extends along the side of the barn and under the respectivemangers 16 as is shown in detail in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

The operating bar 31 extends through a bearing 32 carried upon asuitable support 33 as shown in detail in Fig. 4 of the drawing. Alocking key 34 is slidably mounted through the bearing 32 and thislocking key 34 is adapted to have its lower end fit within the socket 35formed in the outer end of the main operating bar 31. A supporting link36 is pivotally mounted upon a pivot pin 37 and engages the locking key34 at the outer end thereof, and this link 36 is engaged at its oppositeend by means of a coil spring 38 as shown in Fig. 5, the coil spring 38being secured in any suitable and desired manner to the support 33. Thelink 36 is connected to the operating cord lt at a point just above theconnection with the the spring 39 will move the operating rod .31longitudinally, thereby removing or swinging the depending ends of thebell cranklever 37 laterally, and pulling downwardly upon the plunger18. In this way the plunger 18 will be disengaged from the overhangingfingers 20 of the casing 17 and ,tlie'releasing fingers 23 will causethe links 21 to move out of engagement with the fingers 20. In this waythe horses willbe effectively released from engagement with the mangersand at the same time the door a will be automatically swung to an openposition. 7

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a very simple andefiicient means has been produced for automatically releasing the horsesfrom engagement with the mangers should the operating cord 14 becomesevered through burning.

What is claimed is A horse releasing means of the class describedcomprising a casing, a plunger slidably mounted therethrough, saidcasing provided with an overhanging finger, a securing means carried bysaid finger, a releasing finger pivotally mounted upon said casing andbearing against said overhanging finger for forcing said securing meansfrom en gagement with said overhanging finger as said plunger is moveddownwardly out of engagement with said overhanging finger, said plungerprovided with a laterally extending member formed thereon, saidreleasing finger provided with a laterally extending bifurcated lip,said laterally extending member of said plunger fitting with in said lipfor swinging said releasing finger as said plunger is movedlongitudimilly within said casing, and means for shifting said plunger.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWVARD S. LIDMILA.

Witnesses:

Moms LnJMILA, JOHN STRESE.

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